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The Sinop Peninsula: The Northernmost Part of Asia Minor

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Abstract

The Sinop Peninsula is located at the northernmost part of the Asia Minor (Anatolia). Its geographic position between the Central Pontide Mountains and the Black Sea together with the presence of young geological units and landforms provides favorable conditions for understanding onshore and offshore geological and geomorphic processes acting along the northern Anatolian coasts. Here, we focus on some landscapes that constitute one of the best examples along the Turkish Black Sea coast. These are inundated fluvial valleys, uplifted isthmus and marine terraces, and paleo- and active dunes.

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  1. Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey

    Cengiz Yıldırım, Okan Tüysüz & Tolga Görüm

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  1. Laboratory of Physical Geography (LGP, UMR 8591), CNRS, Universities of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris 12 U-Pec, Meudon, France

    Catherine Kuzucuoğlu

  2. Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

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    Nizamettin Kazancı

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Yıldırım, C., Tüysüz, O., Görüm, T. (2019). The Sinop Peninsula: The Northernmost Part of Asia Minor. In: Kuzucuoğlu, C., Çiner, A., Kazancı, N. (eds) Landscapes and Landforms of Turkey. World Geomorphological Landscapes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03515-0_11

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